Document type : Regulation/Certification

European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-004518/2021: New Italian 'animal welfare' certification and labelling system

Question: Eleonora Evi (Greens/EFA). Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2021

Answer to a question on the relevance of the new Italian "animal welfare national quality system" .

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords: Societal issues, Welfare indicators

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LOI n° 2021-1539 du 30 novembre 2021 visant à lutter contre la maltraitance animale et conforter le lien entre les animaux et les hommes

President of the Republic

Published in 2021

Full text of the Animal Abuse Control Act passed on 30 November 2021.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Instruction technique DGAL/SDSanimal welfare/2021-900 – Plan de soutien à l’accueil des animaux abandonnés et en fin de vie – volet B (mesure 4 – Axe 2 « Agriculture, alimentation, forêt » du plan de relance)

French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Technical advisory note specifying the practical procedures for opening local calls for projects and for examining the applications received in light of the renewed funding of measure 4B of the French recovery plan "support for local projects run by animal protection associations".

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Animal welfare: a shift from live to meat-and-carcass transport

Gediminas Vilkas

Published in 2021

Press release presenting the results of the European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into the protection of animals during transport. The committee recognised that EU rules on the protection of animals during transport are not always respected and that the welfare needs of animals during transport are not always met. It recommends limiting and better monitoring the export of live animals, developing meat-and-carcass transport and banning the transport of very young animals.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Transport

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Loi sur la maltraitance animale : Quand députés et Gouvernement adoptent une loi pour les animalistes, le Sénat votera, lui, une loi pour les animaux 

Philippe Péjo

Published in 2021

Press release from the Senate presenting the adoption of the bill to combat animal abuse and stressing that the approved text goes further than the initial government proposal in that it allows publication of advertisements for the sale of animals to take place only on websites previously approved by the ministry that have undertaken to respect the requirements it has laid down.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Keywords:Adaptation of the animal to the environment, Adaptation of the environment to the animal, Consciousness, Societal issues, Welfare indicators, Living environment, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Arrêté du 17 novembre 2021 modifiant l'arrêté du 24 février 2020 modifiant l'arrêté du 16 janvier 2003 établissant les normes minimales relatives à la protection des porcs

French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Decree making the live castration of domestic male pigs for anything other than therapeutic or diagnostic purposes subject to justifications relating to a particular need for the supply of castrated male pig meat as part of a quality and identification of origin label system or to production constraints.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system

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Interdiction de la castration à vif des porcelets : un arrêté et une instruction technique pour accompagner sa mise en œuvre

Julien Denormandie's Press Office,  French Ministry of Agriculture and Food's Press Office

Published in 2021

Explanation of the official documents specifying the conditions under which castration of male domestic pigs may be carried out on farms, other than for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system

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Modalités d’encadrement de la dérogation de la castration chirurgicale des porcelets sous anesthésie et analgésie par les détenteurs et leurs salariés

French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Technical instruction specifying the training conditions for carrying out castration protocols under local anaesthesia and analgesia, and the procedures for the issue of a derogation, defining the role of each actor.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Stress, Livestock farming system

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European Parliament: Written answer to Question E-004061/2021 : Animal welfare during transport to third countries

Question: Francisco Guerreiro (Greens/EFA). Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Commission

Published in 2021

Response to a question on the possible welfare implications of animals being transported live to Israel, and more widely, to countries in conflict or at war.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Equines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords: Societal issues, Transport

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French Assemblée nationale: Written answer to question n°36537: Défendre le maintien et le développement des abattoirs de proximité

Question: Régis Juanico (Socialistes et apparentés - Loire). Answer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2021

Answer to a question on the Government's intentions regarding the retention of  local abattoirs, in which the economic, environmental and animal welfare benefits of such establishments are evoked. 

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Bovines, Caprines, Ovines, Porcines, Poultry

Keywords:Consciousness, Pain, Societal issues, Human-animal relationships, Stress, Transport

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